About Precious Stones and Gems - Preface
The word gems (ratna) was first mentioned in the oldest book that human civilization has produced, the rig veda. The reference is found in its first manthra which is academically called, the sloka. People of all civilizations and countries have always recognized the importance of the gems and precious stones in day to day life. Later, down the ages, many the books were written on the marvelous effects of gems and precious stones on human life. The most of these are on Gemology.
Ones exclusively on the astrological application of gems - also the jewels and the precious or the semi-precious stones - on human life as remedy are not written enough. Never of course was any evaluation of life under the influence of gems attempted.
The fundamental astrological questions - such as, why should one wear a gem? or , which are scientific explanation in support of such wearing? or, would wearing a gem or a jewel or a precious or a semi precious stone turn a man's ill luck into a lucky one? would gem worn on person eradicate the chronic diseases or other human elements? which are its relations with different slokas - where never answered in any book or treatise.
Ones exclusively on the astrological application of gems - also the jewels and the precious or the semi-precious stones - on human life as remedy are not written enough. Never of course was any evaluation of life under the influence of gems attempted.
The fundamental astrological questions - such as, why should one wear a gem? or , which are scientific explanation in support of such wearing? or, would wearing a gem or a jewel or a precious or a semi precious stone turn a man's ill luck into a lucky one? would gem worn on person eradicate the chronic diseases or other human elements? which are its relations with different slokas - where never answered in any book or treatise.
